Owen Jones (born 8 August 1984) is an English writer. Jones was born in Sheffield. He grew up in Manchester. He writes a column for The Guardian. His first book was published by Verso in 2011. It was chosen by the New York Times as one of their Top 10 Non-fiction Books of 2011. His second book The Establishment and How They Get Away With It was published in 2014.[1] Jones lives in London.